Question 1

is it safe to use advair 3 years after it's expired?

Accepted Answer

No: The portion of the drug that helps push/propel the dry powder into the lungs does not last much beyond 1 year.  I always encourage my patients to renew their drug every 6 months.

Question 2

is it safe to use advair and propranolol?

Accepted Answer

: The concomitant use of Advair and propranolol is not recommended due to antagonizing effects. Talk to your doc about options.

Question 3

is it safe or not to take flovent and advair together?

Accepted Answer

Yes : The steroid in flovent, fluticasone, is already in advair, so adding Flovent to advair might give you really high doses of fluticasone, depending on the dosage of the inhalers.  Very high doses of inhaled steroids can cause some side effects with long term use, but are fine in the short run.  Apart from that there shouldn't be a problem.

Question 4

asthma related question about advair. safe in pregnancy?

Accepted Answer

See Below.Category C: The fda uses a pregnancy category c system to classify  possible risks to a fetus when a medicine is taken during pregnancy. Pregnancy category c is given to medicines that have not been studied in pregnant humans, but do appear to cause harm to the fetus in animal studies.Because  advair can be essential for asthma control, mds sometimes recommend that women continue it. Vital to control asthma.

Question 5

how to safely switch from advair diskus to breo ellipta inhaler? currently take advair, no longer working and dr prescribed breo. is it safe to start the breo tomorrow and not use the advair again after today?

Accepted Answer

: Yes, you can do that without concern about any rebound effect because each inhaler contains two ingredients with the same physiologic effects.

Question 6

hello. insurance doesnt cover advair anymore looking for an alternative inhaler. is qvar, symbicort , wyxela best? also i have qvar that is year and few months expired is it safe to take? if none what do you recommend thank you

Accepted Answer

Similar ingredients: The are several inhalers with similar medications, used for the same lung conditions that Advair is used for. For example, there is Symbicort, and there is Qvar plus salmeterol. One's doctor can help decide whether a change would be helpful or not. Patients should not change medications without talking to their prescribing doctors.

Question 7

is advair safe? i read the side effects that some pee died from it .

Accepted Answer

Yes: Salmeterol-fluticasone is generally considered safe. More common potential side-effects include nausea, headache, cough, and fungal growth in the mouth. That's why after taking it, once should always rinse his/her mouth.

Question 8

i got a sample zenhale inhaler from my doctor instead of advair. is zenhale a safe product to use and  similar to advair?

Accepted Answer

Zenhale/Dulera/Advai: This is zenhale inhaler in canada and Dulera (formoterol and mometasone) in us
yes it is a different brand but has same indication and same effectiveness.It is combination od nematasone and formetrol, an inhaled steroid and long acting bronchodilater.

Question 9

is it safe to use advair and flonase together? can they cause you to be shaky or nauseated? i worry about side effects due to sensitivities.

Accepted Answer

Yes but: if you are taking high-dose Advair , the additive effective of Flonase may theoretically add to the steroid effects leading to a slightly higher risk of cataract. In practice, I have yet seen this problem. The long acting bronchodilator(LABA) portion of Advair can cause shakiness. 
Ask your doctor to see if a trial with leukotriene modifier may be considered in place of LABA

Question 10

can qvar and advair be taken together? currently taking qvar and also prescribed advair for two weeks to get wheezing and cough under control, is this safe to take both?

Accepted Answer

Can be: It is a common strategy to increase the dose of inhaled steroids and add beta-agonist to treat an exacerbation.  Be sure to contact the prescribing physician whenever you have questions such as this.  Any physician would welcome the phone call as an opportunity to clarify.  Feel better!

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Is it safe to use advair and flonase together? can they cause you to be shaky or nauseated? i worry about side effects due to sensitivities.

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